Togliatti Art Museum (originally Togliatti Picture Gallery) was opened in 1987 - year when the city celebrated its 250th anniversary.
The major purpose of the museum is gathering collection of modern art of the XX-ХХI centuries, fine art preservation of the second half of the XX c., that is Fine Arts 70-80s (USSR period) and 90s (period of Russia). At the present time museum collection includes more than 8.000 works of painting, graphic, sculpture, decorative and fine art works.